ethics question about found discs(lots of them)

[adamtheviking5]

Yeah, you're just picking up litter as far as I'm concerned.

Please videotape yourself dumping hundreds of DX Leopards and Valks on the Play It Again Sports' counter and asking for trade in credit.

Actually I dump all the dxon the counter at la mirada. They don't give me much but I keep all the champ/z and star/esp in the truck and sell em or give em away.

 

[adamtheviking5]

Man, the people up at Sky High are sacrificing the good stuff these days!

I didn't have the heart to sacrifice one up there. Maybe that's why I still stink at disc golf.

That's exactly why you still stink! Next time throw your best 3 drivers and your favirite putter off to apease the gods. I promise it will help. (Not really. We all know practice is the only thing that makes you better. I just wanna find more good stuff next time.)

 

[scarpfish]

Is September National Troll a Disc Golf Forum month or something?

If so, I'm ready for October.

 

[adamtheviking5]

Is September National Troll a Disc Golf Forum month or something?

If so, I'm ready for October.

Who's trolling?

 

[adamtheviking5]

And more importantly, what's trolling?

 

[MrGlass01]

mr viking trolling happens everywhere just google the term. On this forum lost disc threads are a waste of time and mostly get put into the landfill pretty quickly.

so you are being called a troll in this situation, while he is trolling you. get it.

Also freaking awesome man, those discs are yours, anyone that says different is dumb. Be safe!!

 

[scarpfish]

Who's trolling?

And more importantly, what's trolling?

^
See, this guy gets it. :clap:

 

[BrotherDave]

For a lost disc ethics thread, this is actually an interesting scenario. I know one thing, if I saw you coming up the mountain after a 4 hour hike with a sack full of discs like a sweaty, homeless Santa Claus, I would totally try and offer you a cold brew for a disc I'd throw.

 

[adamtheviking5]

For a lost disc ethics thread, this is actually an interesting scenario. I know one thing, if I saw you coming up the mountain after a 4 hour hike with a sack full of discs like a sweaty, homeless Santa Claus, I would totally try and offer you a cold brew for a disc I'd throw.

And I would certainly oblige. In fact I gave the guy who works there one of hus discs back because I recognized his signature from a glow roc I found in the fairway of #7 during my round earlier that day. So he got 2 back actually. Then there's a couple guys that I work with who I got started playing that I gave a couple discs each. Gave one to a guy at the weekly dubs yesterday. Homeless santa. Haha ha haha ha,

 

[elnino]

what if i someone throws a disc into a volcano? can you keep it?

 

[MrGlass01]

what if i someone throws a disc into a volcano? can you keep it?

Is it dormant? Then finders keepers.

 

[jchoate7]

Make the hike! And when you do find them donate them to the local disc golf club to teach new golfers how to play. It will keep your karma up and you'll grow the sport!

 

[adamtheviking5]

what if i someone throws a disc into a volcano? can you keep it?

What's the relevence? I can't fathom what point your trying to make but yiu missed the mark there buddy. Better luck next time.

 

[pmatt1969]

I heard the family members of people on the Titanic have been calling to get their shid back when they see it on national geographic.

 

[MrFixIt]

I'm torn. I kinda agree w/ the wishing well sentiment, but then again, those discs were hukked delibirately into an area where they would not be expected to be returned.
I have to agree that this is an interesting discussion.

 

[Old Dog]

JMO If you have to risk life or limb to retrieve a disc then I think you earned it. I feel this applies to pond divers too. I live in the south and there is some nasty things living in some of those water holes. If you have the stones to wade into that stuff you can have my $15 disc. If you find it under a bush just off the fairway then that's a different story.

 

[dgar]

It sounds like from others here that have seen the hole you mention none would be willing to make the hike.. so in my opinion there yours.. No Bad Karma

I sort of look at it like disc that are lost in a pond... hey, if I'm not willing to wade in and get them, and I'm not, then the person that finds mine is welcome to it. Disc are 9-15 bucks on average, not a huge deal unless I'm losing a butt load of them.. in that case I need a little field work.. I've actually gotten to the point where I don't even put my number on my disc, that way if found its like my gift to the next guy.. Although I have called the number on every disc I've found, and returned many.

 

[davistd0]

I'm torn. I kinda agree w/ the wishing well sentiment, but then again, those discs were hukked delibirately into an area where they would not be expected to be returned.
I have to agree that this is an interesting discussion.

The way I see it, all discs thrown during a normal round are tossed with the expectation that they will be found. Thus losing a disc is like a pyschological blow. When these lost discs are found, it is good for the mental health of both the loser and the finder for the disc to be returned.

But when a disc is deliberately thrown off a mountain into oblivion, the thrower has decided to trade a disc in order to experience "The Art of Flight" (snowboarding reference, since we are talking about mountain huks). These discs were more or less given away, finders keepers.

The fact that you do return some to their owners and reintroduce the majority of them back into the sport sounds much better than leaving 100+ discs laying on the forest floor.

 

[New013]

i'd go get them and then go back up and chuck all the ****ty ones right back off

 

[fritothedog]

I always return discs with a phone number on them. In this case, though, I wouldn't. As others have said, they threw them knowing they wouldn't get them back. They are all yours!